Posted in IT, thoughts, University of Otago, tagged Computer Science, University of Otago on November 28, 2007| 3 Comments »
My friend (Ake) just found this; which suggests that our department might be building a NEW website 😀
The new site looks a little like something that you might expect in the Matrix 😉
Old: http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/
New(not officially confirmed, just guessing…): http://www.cs.otago.ac.nz/staffpriv/rpollock/web/
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Apple, Apple Remote, Mac OS X, pairing on November 24, 2007| 5 Comments »
The Apple Remote is really useful at times when you want to watch / listen to something but don’t want to go near your computer. For me…I use it every time I have lunch in front of my iMac….I will sit far back with my lunch and use my remote controller (with the help of Front Row) to watch an episode of family guy 😀 But what if you have more than one Mac in your room / area? By default, Macs will work with any available remote, so how can we change that and pair our remote to one particular Mac only? Well, actually its very easy, and here is how:
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Leopard, Mac OS X, System Language on November 19, 2007| 16 Comments »
Changing the system languages in Macs are really easy. So if your friends / parents aren’t comfortable with your English system, you can always switch the language to suite their needs. Below is a step by step guide that will show you how to change the system language in Mac OS X.
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Apple, Disk Utility., Mac 101 on November 16, 2007| 3 Comments »
From time to time, we have to perform some checkups on our computers to see whether they have any problems. If you have previously use Windows, you probably got quite a few software that will help you to do the job or you simple just use Check Disk (a built-in software in Windows) to do the job. But what do we have on the Macs? Well, if you not planning to use any 3rd party software, why not give Disk Utility (a built-in software in Mac OS X) a try? Below is a step by step guide on how to use Disk Utility:
Posted in Friends, thoughts, tagged Arana College, Arana Hall, travel on November 14, 2007| 5 Comments »
Prajesh is on the run! He is running away from Dunedin and planning to travel around the world 😉
Posted in IT, Microsoft, tagged dot net, Dunedin, Ivan Towlson, Microsoft, NZ .net user group, WPF on November 14, 2007| Leave a Comment »
http://dot.net.nz/Default.aspx?tabid=1&mid=388&ctl=Detail&xmid=1767&xmfid=2
Introduction to Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)
Dunedin 28/11/2007
Gather at 5:30pm, starting at 6:00pm (finishing 7:30pm)
Catering: Pizza and drinks will be served prior to the presentation commencing.
Door Charge: FREE
Venue: Centre for Innovation, University of Otago (downstairs seminar room), 87 St David Street
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Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Apple, Apple Software, Mac Software on November 14, 2007| Leave a Comment »
In Windows, we have things like K-Lite Mega Codec Pack that enable us to play almost anything using Windows Media Player / Media Player Classic; In Mac OS X, you have Perian, which is like the K-Lite Mega Codec Pack. After installing Perian, you can basically play anything using Quicktime Player. (Quicktime Player is just like Windows Media Player under Windows).
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, tagged Apple, Apple Software, Mac Software on November 11, 2007| 2 Comments »
For those who have used PCs @ most of their time…its quite hard to ask them to try something different, because they’ve got a whole set of software that they “feel comfortable in“. One of the questions that people ask when they saw a Mac is that:
Can I use my day to day software on the Macs?.
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5, Speech service on November 10, 2007| 8 Comments »
I have been using Leopard for more than a week now…and I am discovering new things everyday…which is the same with any operating system really 😀 The “artificial voice” (think its called Alex) in Leopard sounds a lot better and is quite close to human voice (at most of the time), but you do laugh at times when it do sound like a robot 😉 Anyway, with the speech service, you can let your Mac read out documents / lecture notes / eBooks to you! Its great for lazy people like me 🙂
Posted in Study, thoughts, University of Otago, tagged Exams, University of Otago on November 3, 2007| Leave a Comment »
Exams are finally FINISHED! Can’t believe another year has gone by so fast 😀
Here are the papers that I am planning to do next year:
David's logbook 